Wind and brown coal lead nighttime generation while nearly 10 GW of net imports fill the consumption gap at elevated prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 25%
Wind offshore 12%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 21%
53%
Renewable share
11.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
31.3 GW
Total generation
9.8 GW
Net import
148.1 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
21.2°C / 1 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
98.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
327
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.4 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into darkness; wind onshore 8.0 GW spans the centre-right as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers receding into the distance across rolling summer fields, blades turning slowly; wind offshore 3.8 GW appears in the far right background as a line of turbines standing in dark water at the horizon; natural gas 4.7 GW sits centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer and lit by sodium-orange floodlights; hard coal 3.5 GW occupies the near left as a large power station with a single rectangular smokestack and coal conveyors, illuminated by industrial spotlights; biomass 3.8 GW appears as a mid-ground facility with a cylindrical silo and modest stack glowing warmly; hydro 1.1 GW is a small concrete dam structure at the lower right edge with water faintly catching reflected light. Time is 02:00 at night — the sky is completely black with heavy 98% overcast blocking all stars, no twilight, no sky glow whatsoever, deep oppressive cloud ceiling pressing down. All facilities are lit only by harsh sodium-yellow and white industrial floodlights casting sharp pools of light. The summer landscape has lush dark-green foliage barely visible in the peripheral glow. The warm 21°C temperature produces a faint humid haze around the cooling towers. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts between industrial light and engulfing darkness, atmospheric depth with layers of haze, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower hyperbolic curve, and smokestack. No text, no labels.